Mistake
Chapter Eight
It was about 11:00 P.M by the time I reached the hospital. It was huge & had way to many doctors to try to locate the exact one who had my information so I was going to have to figure this one out on my own. I walked up to the front desk to where a nurse sat behind it smacking her gum & filing her extremely long nails.
" Excuse me could you tell me where I could find records on an Alex Marie…um…" " Honey I cant do anything without a last name." " Well I don't know my last name." " Oh great a riot. I don't need trouble at this time of night missy. Security." " No please I talked to a doctor through e-mail & he said he had my birth records." " Well I don't know a thing about it so you might as well show your ass out or we will throw it out." " No wait Tiffany it's alright I've been expecting this girl."
I looked behind me to see an older man with grayish white hair & a little mustache. He looked a lot like those scientists in sci-fi movies, but there was something about him that made him seem very warm & gentle. He smiled at me & told me to follow him to his office. I took a seat & looked around. He told me he would be right back with the information I wanted & walked out of the room. His office had lots of pictures of people who I guessed were his family & even had an old fake skeleton in the corner with a rainbow colored wig on it's head. I defiantly liked this guy.
" Alright Alex I think I have everything you asked for here." He handed me a manila folder that had several papers in it. I opened it up & the first thing I saw was my birth certificate. Everything was right. My birthday, weight, time of birth, hospital, & my name was Alex Marie Clarke. I was the daughter of Susan Lee Clarke & there was no father mentioned. I was so happy that I couldn't help myself & jumped up hugging the doctor.
" Thank you so much you don't know how much this helps me." " Just glad to be of service Miss. Clarke." That was the first time I had been called by my real last name & it felt so right. " But there is just one problem." A problem. How could there be a problem? I was scared to ask. " What kind of a problem?" " We looked for your mother Susan Clarke & found her location, but it's not in New York it's in Australia." Why me? Why couldn't it be someone else, but this couldn't drag me down. I had gone too far to quit.
" Ok give me what information you have on her & I guess ill be on the next plane to Australia." " Here is what we have gotten, but I don't know how accurate it will be because it's from four years ago." " Well thank you for your help." " Like I said Alex glad to be of service."
I grabbed the information & my bag then headed for the door. " Alex, good luck." " Thanks." I walked out of the hospital & took a Taxi to the airport & on the way we passed by Tony's Pizza. It wouldn't be too longer. I was going to have a mother, but little did I know while my heart was filled with happiness & joy five others were breaking & tearing apart.